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THE ACCUSED. Lauro L. Baja Jr., former envoy to the United Nations, is one of four accused of trafficking, forced labor and racketeering. INQUIRER PHOTO
RP PEACEKEEPERS IN HAITI. Members of the Philippine military and police peacekeeping contingents in Haiti receive United Nations medals from Ambassador Hedi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), in recognition of "the dedication and spirit of sacrifice they have shown in defending the cause of peace." A total of 172 Filipino military and police peacekeepers were awarded the UN medals in ceremonies held in Port-au-Prince on 27 June. UN PHOTOS
ARROYO FETES PACQUIAO. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is all smiles as she joins world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and his wife Jinky in a display of the boxer’s championship belts. TETCH TORRES/INQUIRER.NET
GIVING OTHERS A CHANCE. Manny Pacquiao, New World Boxing Council champion in the lightweight division, says he has decided to give up his belt in the 130-pound category and will keep his present one. He says he needs to give up one of his four championship belts to give other boxers a chance. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres| READ FULL STORY
'23-0 VS TRICYCLE DRIVERS.' Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao says he is not worried by his November match against knockout artist WBA super featherweight cham Edwin Valero, whose record of 23 wins and no losses the Pacman said is because 'his opponents are just tricycle drivers.' Video taken by INQUIRER.net TETCH TORRES
WHY OIL PRICES INCREASE. Shell Philippines VP for communications Bobby Kanapi explains to transport groups and the LTFRB why oil prices are rising weekly. Kanapi says since 95% of the Philippines’ source of fuel comes from imports, the country is greatly affected by movement of prices in the world market. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia editorial assistant Abigail Kwok. | READ FULL STORY
RUNAWAY. Annual inflation is at a 14-year high of 11.4 percent in June from a revised 9.5 percent in May as soaring food prices. Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, jumped to 6.6 percent from 6.2 percent. The headline figure was above the central bank's forecast range of 10.4 percent to 11.2 percent for the month and was the highest since May 1994 when inflation stood at 11.5 percent. – Graph by BERNADETTE GARCIA/INQUIRER.NET
Members of the Black and White Movement, among them Leah Navarro, Enteng Romano and former Social Welfare secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman turn their thumbs down in front of the Comelec office in Manila on Friday to call for the resignation of Pres Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as they resume their “Fridays in Black” protests. Video taken by Multimedia Reporter Izah Morales
Black and White Movement head Enteng Romano on Friday explains that they are at the Comelec office in Manila, where they say all the country’s problems began in 2004, to resume their “Black Friday” silent protests to call for the ouster of Pres Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The group is among quarters that believe Arroyo cheated her way to victory in the 2004 elections. Interview conducted by Abigail Kwok and Video taken by Multimedia Reporter Izah Morales
NO FRIENDSHIP DAY. July 4, marks the Filipino-American friendship day. But leftist groups Migrante and Gabriela stage a rally outside the Department of Foreign Affairs to protest the alleged rape of a 22-year-old Filipina by an American soldier outside the United States military base in Okinawa, Japan. Here, one of the protesters with a huge mask of an American G.I. INQUIRER.NET/VERONICA UY
TOO DARN HOT Retired Col. Cesar de la Peńa, who has been charged along with lawyer Homobono Adaza and three others with proposing to commit a coup d’etat, peels off the CIDG regulation detainee shirt at Camp Crame during the inquest. RAFFY LERMA
HONORING A HERO. Samahang Plaridel commemorated the 112th death anniversary Friday, July 4, of Marcelo H. del Pilar with a simple wreath-laying ceremony at the hero's monument at Plaza Plaridel, Manila. Plaridel was del Pilar's pseudonym. Among the members of SP’s board of directors who honored the patron of Filipino journalists included, from left, Jimmy Gil, SP president Rolando G. Estabillo, Jullie Yap-Daza, chairman Neal H. Cruz, Julius Fortuna, Diosdado Beltran, Jun Bautista and Nelly Lumbaca (secretariat head). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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(UPDATE) The peso slid to a new 10-month low of P45.70 to the dollar Friday before heavy central bank intervention pulled it back to P45.45 near the day's close.
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MANILA, Philippines--Talk N' Text import Terrence Leather knocked down a shot off the outstretched arms of Red Bull giant Adam Parada with just 2.8 seconds remaining as the Phone Pals derailed the Barako's bid for an outright semifinal stint with a 105-103 victory in the Smart PBA Fiesta Cup Friday at the Araneta Coliseum.
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MANILA, Philippines—The prices of services and goods consumed by an average Filipino household went up by 11.4 percent in June from a year earlier—the fastest rate recorded in 14 years—due largely to the substantial increase in the cost of rice and other food products, the National Statistics Office reported Friday.
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The Arroyo administration has even talked about pouring P30 billion into a new program to accelerate rice production, but it has not put forward anything as bold, neat and concrete as the food production project now being proposed by San Miguel Corp. and the Kuok Group. Unless it has better ideas on how to put idle lands to productive uses, the administration should tell the two food giants to go full steam ahead.
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MANILA, Philippines—When Jack Nicholson played The Joker in a Batman movie years ago, he chose to go the “cartoon character” route, focusing more on the arch villain’s clownish, fake-jolly exterior, and only occasionally hinting at his rancidly evil core.
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MANILA, Philippines—We may have hot weather and hotheaded drivers, and “hot” money pocketed by some corrupt government officials, making life a little bit more difficult here in the Philippines. But looking at the brighter side, one “hot” item may bring back the word “pearl” in Asia’s struggling Pearl of the Orient.
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KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- A Philippines government suggestion that its citizens who have been in Sabah for a long time be accorded Malaysian permanent resident status has drawn opposition from state leaders.
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